Haiti's external debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) was US$944.74 million in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 54.89% from US$2.09 billion in 2014 (7.65% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$944.74 million | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | US$2.47 billion | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | US$2.09 billion | 2014 |
| Highest | US$3.16 billion | 2023 |
| Lowest | US$50.04 million | 1971 |
| Average since 2015 | US$2.45 billion | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | US$52.16 million |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Haiti's external debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) fell 70.1% on 2023 (from US$3.16 billion to US$944.74 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +5.7% and a typical year strayed about 15.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 134.7% in 1974 and the biggest yearly fall was 70.1% in 2024. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Haiti had the 107th highest value of the 118 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Haiti | US$944.74 million | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | US$2.34 trillion | 2024 |
Closest to Haiti in the 2024 ranking
- St. Lucia — 104th of 118: US$1.19 billion
- Central African Republic — 105th of 118: US$1.05 billion
- Burundi — 106th of 118: US$1.02 billion
- Grenada — 108th of 118: US$863.28 million
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 109th of 118: US$806.45 million
- Eritrea — 110th of 118: US$693.28 million
What this measures
Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 55 values
| Year | External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 944,741,012 |
| 2023 | 3,156,537,450 |
| 2022 | 2,965,270,069 |
| 2021 | 2,970,068,585 |
| 2020 | 2,619,431,494 |
| 2019 | 2,470,320,989 |
| 2018 | 2,470,002,747 |
| 2017 | 2,367,547,376 |
| 2016 | 2,300,997,423 |
| 2015 | 2,239,950,364 |
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) in nearby economies
- Argentina — US$242.36 billion (2024)
- Belize — US$1.56 billion (2024)
- Bolivia — US$15.72 billion (2024)
- Brazil — US$605.46 billion (2024)
- Colombia — US$201.76 billion (2024)
- Dominica — US$569.53 million (2024)
- Dominican Republic — US$53.29 billion (2024)
- Ecuador — US$60.36 billion (2024)
- El Salvador — US$24.96 billion (2024)
- Grenada
More economic policy & debt data for Haiti
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$3.39 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$3.14 billion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$32.08 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 4.19 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$13.22 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 552.51 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$2,694 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 352,104 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$1,111 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 46,405 (2025)
- GDP (annual % growth)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Haiti's external debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$)?
- US$944.74 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is up 1,711% from US$52.16 million in 1970 (5.51% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$3.16 billion in 2023 and the lowest US$50.04 million in 1971.
- How does Haiti rank?
- 107th highest of 118 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in external debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) unusual for Haiti?
- In 2024, Haiti's external debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) fell 70.1% on 2023 (from US$3.16 billion to US$944.74 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +5.7% and a typical year strayed about 15.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.DOD.DECT.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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